verse or stanza of a song
1Stanza — Stan za (st[a^]n z[.a]), n.; pl. {Stanzas} ( z[.a]z). [It. stanza a room, habitation, a stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p. pr. of stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Estancia}, {Stance}, {Stanchion}.] 1. A number of lines or verses forming …
2verse — 1 Verse, stanza both mean a unit of metrical writing. Verse is both wider and more varied in its popular usage since it can denote a single line of such writing, such writing as a class, or, along with stanza, a group of lines forming a division… …
3stanza — [stan′zə] n. [It, lit., stopping place, room < VL * stantia: see STANCE] a group of lines of verse forming one of the divisions of a poem or song: it is usually made up of four or more lines and often has a regular pattern in the number of… …
4verse — [n] written composition ballad, epic, jingle, lay, lyric, ode, poem, poesy, poetry, rhyme, rune, song, sonnet, stanza; concept 282 …
5verse — /verrs/, n., adj., v., versed, versing. n. 1. (not in technical use) a stanza. 2. a succession of metrical feet written, printed, or orally composed as one line; one of the lines of a poem. 3. a particular type of metrical line: a hexameter verse …
6Verse novel — A verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple… …
7Song structure (popular music) — The structures or musical forms of songs in popular music are typically sectional forms, such as strophic form. Other common forms include thirty two bar form, verse chorus form, and twelve bar blues. Popular music songs are rarely through… …
8verse — Synonyms and related words: English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, Spenserian stanza, acquaint, adage, advertise, advertise of, advise, alba, ana, anacreontic, anacrusis,… …
9verse — [[t]vɜrs[/t]] n. v. versed, vers•ing 1) pro one of the lines of a poem 2) pro a particular type of metrical line or composition: hexameter verse; elegaic verse[/ex] 3) pro a poem or a piece of poetry 4) pro metrical composition; poetry, esp. as… …
10verse — n. & v. n. 1 a metrical composition in general (wrote pages of verse). b a particular type of this (English verse). 2 a a metrical line in accordance with the rules of prosody. b a group of a definite number of such lines. c a stanza of a poem or …
